Spices, Their Nature and Growth; The Vanilla Bean; A Talk on TeaMcCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
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Spices, Their Nature and Growth; The Vanilla Bean; A Talk on Tea
McCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
Cooking (Spices); Spices; Tea; Vanilla
1 can salmon
1 cup stale bread crumbs
2 well beaten eggs
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
2 tablespoons melted butter
Seasoning and salt—Bee Brand black pepper and Bee Brand paprika
Pick one salmon, discard bones and pieces of skin. Shred meat with
silver fork, mix all ingredients, and put into a well-glazed mould and
bake in a pan of water for thirty minutes. Turn from mould and serve
with Hollandaise sauce, or allow to get cold and slice, and serve on a
dish garnished with rings of lemon and sprays of parsley.
Mackerel Souffle
¼ cup butter
⅓ cup flour, sifted and measured
1 pint milk
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon Bee Brand white pepper
⅛ teaspoon Bee Brand paprika
2 teaspoons parsley, chopped fine
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1½ cups canned mackerel
Melt butter, add flour and stir until well blended, in saucepan over
fire, then pour on the milk, stirring constantly. Cook to a smooth,
thick cream, add seasonings, then the fish, picked over and shredded
with a silver fork; then egg yolks beaten until thick, then fold in
whites beaten stiff and dry. Turn into a buttered baking dish, and bake
until firm and delicately colored—it will require about 45 minutes.
Quality vs. Purity
The enactment of the National Pure Food Law in 1906 did much toward
awakening an interest in the purity of Foods and Drugs, and while it has
been beneficial in a general way, it has had its disadvantages because
it is not complete.
The people have been taught by the laws and the Pure Food propagandists
to believe that the word “Pure” upon a package ensures that its contents
are all right. Nothing can be further from the truth.
An article may be Pure and yet be of very Poor Quality; Purity means
little. Quality means much. For instance, a Keifer pear is a Pure pear,
yet in Quality it cannot be compared to the Bartlett pear. Consider the
difference in the quality of butter. Take a number of samples of butter
and you will find that some of them will be unfit to eat, and others a
delight to use, yet they are all Pure butter, and the difference is in
the Quality. The tobacco in a “five-for-a-nickel” stogie may be a Pure
tobacco, but it cannot be placed in a class with that of an imported
Havana cigar selling at twenty-five cents.
A Spice may be Pure, and yet come from a country known to produce
inferior Spices. It may be Pure and yet inert. Consider the difference
in Quality between Acheen Pepper and Tellicherry. They are both Pure
peppers.
A Vanilla Flavoring Extract made from rank Tahiti Beans costing $1.50 a
pound is a pure Extract of Vanilla, but how does its quality compare
with that made from high-grade Mexican beans, costing $6.00 a pound? So
it goes all down the line.
[Illustration: McCormick’s Bee Brand Celery and Salt]
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